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Criticized as an indulgent and pompous directorial farce, this is really just a slight vehicle in which the lives of artists Cosimo de Medici and Leon Alberti are catalogued in an effort to portray the Renaissance art of Italy from the 1400s. The four hours are an excellent showing of the evolution of Italian Renaissance Art, but there is essentially no plot and critics have suggested that the time might better be spent in a tour of an art gallery to see the actual pieces.

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Eclipse Series 14: Rossellini's History Films - Renaissance and Enlightenment 5 out of 5based on
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PeteNJ

More than 1 year ago

These movies are in a class by themselves. If you are interested in philosophy then these movies are a "must have" for your collection. To the best of my knowledge no one else has created movies featuring Leon Battista Alberti or Rene Descartes or Blaise Pascal. The movies give you a feel for what it was like to be living in those times and thinking about issues that concerned scholars.